Toy.



J. R. DUNCAN.

TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1914.

1 1 08,725 Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

Witnesses Inventor I g I by Z v 2 g y r Q Attorney;

THE .NORRIS PETERS C0. PHOTO-LITHOJ. WASHINGTON. D4 C.

pn'itrn JAY ROSCOE DUNCAN, 0 GOOD THUNDER, MINNESOTA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

Application filed May 26, 1914. Serial No. 841,110.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that l, JAY R. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Good Thunder, in the county of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Toy, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to toys, and aims to provide an interesting or amusing novelty for children.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a simple and inexpensive toy, which shall be of such construction, as to be capable of running upon a floor or other surface, which may be spun in the manner of a top, or which may be held in the hand while in operation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wheel-equipped toy, of the nature indicated, of peculiar construction, and the wheels of which are adapted to create a humming or siren noise, when rotated at a high velocity.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the intention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the acco1npanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the toy as set upon a surface to run thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the toy as employed as a top.

The toy embodies an axle 1, which has relatively large and small wheels 28 secured thereon adjacent its ends. Each wheel comprises oppositely dished side plates or disks 4 which are peripherally attached. The inner disks 4 of the wheels 2-3 are provided with suitable apertures or openings 5. A handle 6 is mounted loosely upon the axle 1 between the wheels and adjacent the small wheel 3.

A flange or disk 7 is secured upon the axle 1 adjacent the wheel 2 and holds the handle 6 in place, the handle being disposed between the disk 7 and wheel 3. The disk 7 also forms with the wheel 3 and that por tion of the axle between the said wheel and disk a drum or spool for a cord 8.

In order to connect the cord 8 with the axle 1, to permit the cord to be wound upon the drum, a pin or lug 9 is secured upon the axle between the wheel 3 and disk 7 for the engagement of the inner end of the cord. That end of the axle l which projects beyond the wheel 2 is pointed, as at 10, to serve as a tip when the device is employed as a top. 1 i

In use, to prepare the toy for operation, the cord 8 is wound upon the drum, and after the cord has been wound up, the toy may be employed in any one of three capacities, namely, as a rolling toy, as a top, or as a hand toy.

When the device is employed as a propelled toy, handle 6 is held in one hand and the cord 8 unwound with a sharp pull, to thereby rotate the axle and wheels rapidly. Then, by placing the toy upon the floor or other surface, it will roll or run thereon,

and due to the difference in size of the 8 wheels the toy will run in a circular or arcuate path.

When the device is employed as a top, after the cord 8 has been wound up, as above indicated, the device is set on end, with the top 10 of the axle engaging the floor or other surface, so that when the cord 8 is unwound, the wheels 2 and 3 and axle 1 will be rotated at a high velocity to spin on the floor. The wheels 2 and 3 being rotated, will create a humming or siren noise, due to the action of the air through the apertures or openings 5 of the wheels, which is well known in spinning tops.

When the device is employed as a hand toy, the handle 6 is held in the hand, after the cord 8 has been wound up, so that when the cord is unwound, the wheels 2 and 3 will be rotated at a high velocity, to create a humming noise of high pitch or siren effect, due to the action of the air through the apertures 5 of the wheels.

From the foregoing, the utility and capabilities of the present device will be obvious to those versed in the art, without 'further comment being necessary.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that the drum being disposed adjacent the large wheel 2, will be arranged close to the center of gravity of the toy, whereby the 11o toy may be readily spun by the unwinding of the cord from the drum.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is z- 1. In a toy, an axle, Wheels secured thereon, a handle mounted loosely upon the axle between the wheels, and a drum provided uplon the axle between the handle and one w eel.

2. In a toy, an axle, a pair of large and I small wheels secured thereon, a handle mount-ed loosely upon the axle between the wheels and adjacent the small wheel, and a disk secured on the axle between the handle and large Wheel and forming a drum with the large wheel.

3. Ina toy, an axle, wheels secured thereon, each comprising oppositely dished peripherally attached disks, certain of the disks having apertures therein, a handle mounted loosely upon the axle between the wheels, and a drum provided upon the axle between one wheel and the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAY ROSCOE DUNCAN.

Witnesses:

' W. H. HUGHES, J. C. EGGERS.

Copies of this patent may bei obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of IE'atents, Washington, D. G." 

